The Science of Pain....
What is pain?

Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage (Definition according to IASP).
In other words, pain is an alarm.
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Research has shown that those who understand the science of pain actually experience less pain. Below are some resources to get you started....
Educational Resources...
Videos

Professor Lorimer Moseley - Why Things Hurt
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwd-wLdIHjs
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Professor Peter O'Sullivan - Making Sense of Back Pain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlSQLUE4brQ
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The Pain Truth and Nothing But
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPjv97unQu0
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Taming the Beast (understand pain)
https://vimeo.com/212350345?ref=fb-share
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5 minute pain talk:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_3phB93rvI
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The Complexity of Pain:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zv6RPoVZx9M#action=share
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Pain and Me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUXPqphwp2U&sns=em
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Knee Pain - Thinking Outside the Joint:
https://www.facebook.com/noigroup/videos/10154427756748527/
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Why Your Knees Crack:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/NQOZZgh5z8I
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David Butler on Graded Motor Imagery Part 1 (there is also a part 2 and 3 which come up after Part 1)
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zWyhpiXy9Ig
What is Graded Motor Imagery
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fWYUJscRBRw
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David Butler explains smudging in the brain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QVAY5stO3U&list=PLiHO5DAsV-Ynk0yc6O--m37ZfB2Hslj7k
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This page has a few great videos and resources for kids and teens
https://www.painbc.ca/chronic-pain/kids-and-teens
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En Français
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Comprendre la douleur en 5 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qJuARzD9d4
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Prof Peter O'Sullivan - Douleur au dos avec sous-titres en français
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq1GEVBIBAw
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Comprendre la douleur en 10 minutes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5YUg45WFDM
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La mémoire de la douleur
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cT3_gaOjQgg
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Trousse à outils contre la douleur
http://www.paintoolkit.org/downloads/PTK_France.pdf
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Websites:
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Pain Education
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Pain BC
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Association Québecoise de la douleur chronique
http://www.douleurchronique.org
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Pain Tool Kit
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NOI Group
http://www.noigroup.com/en/Home
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Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
https://crps-uk.org/what-is-crps/
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Meditation Apps
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Articles:
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The Problem with an Entirely Structural Based Approach to Low Back Pain:
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Books:
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Explain Pain
By: Lorimer Moseley
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Why Do I Hurt?
By: Adriaan Louw
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Understand Pain, Live Well Again
By: Neil Pearson
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My Stroke of Insight
By: Jill Bolte-Taylor
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When Survivors Give Birth
By: Penny Simkin
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Movies:
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The Connection
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